2016 Laser Standard Masters World Championship – Day 3 + Video

by Eric Faust on 25 May 2016 2016 Laser Standard Masters World Championship - Sail, eat, sleep, repeat. It was another great day of sailing for the Laser Standard Masters Worlds in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico as the sea breeze once again filled in on schedule and provided two excellent races in pristine Laser sailing conditions.

Starting in a 10 knot, southwest breeze, the day’s first race saw a few shake-ups in the standings. The level of competition is extremely high at this world championship event, and even the best sailors find it hard to come back from mistake.

Brett Beyer of Australia finally showed he was human by finishing sixth place in the first race of the Masters Division, his only race outside of first place in the event. But Beyer soon regained his form in second race as the wind once again built to 14-16 knots.

The afternoon race featured close tactical racing upwind and fast, fun surfing on the downwind legs. “I played the right side of the course in that race,” said Beyer. “The right was favored, but since most of the guys followed me to that side, it also turned out to be a safe way to cover the fleet.”

In the Grand Masters Division, Cristian Herman of Chile found his form to make a move up to third place overall. Herman and Gavin Dagley from Australia lead the fleet – each posting a first and second place finish on the day to top of the leader board. Allan Clark of Canada remains in third place overall, holding off Tim Law of Great Britain, who had a consistent day with a pair of third place finishes.

Great Grand Master, Mark Bethwaite of Australia, continues his domination of his that division by posting two more first place finishes. Doug Peckover from USA worked hard to take a pair of second place finishes on the day, holding off Australian John Roberson in the first race and Canadian John Dawson-Edwards in the second.

After three days of hard racing, tomorrow is a scheduled day off for the sailors. Golf, sightseeing, fishing or just relaxing on the beach will provide a well-deserved break for the competitors and the regatta volunteers alike. Racing continues on Thursday, 25 May with two more races in the 12-race series.

First held in 1980, the Laser Masters World Championship is organized annually for sailors age 35 and over. Sailors compete in various divisions based on their ages: Apprentice Masters – age 35 to 44, Masters – age 45 to 54, Grand Masters – age 55 to 64, and Great Grand Masters – age 65 and over. Unlike previous years, this year’s event was sailed on two separate weeks, one for Laser Radial sailors and one for Laser Standard sailors.

Top-Three Standings by Division:

Apprentice Masters Division:

1) Pablo Rabago MEX 5pts
2) Guilherme Roth BRA 9pts
3) Alejandro Rabago MEX 14pts

Masters Division:

1) Brett Beyer AUS 5pts
2) Ernesto Rodriguez USA 17pts
3) Andrew Dellabarca NZL 19pts

Grand Masters Division:

1) Gavin Dagley AUS 8pts
2) Cristian Herman CHI 19pts
3) Allan Clark CAN 21pts

Great Grand Masters Division:

1) Mark Bethwaite AUS 5pts
2) Doug Peckover USA 10pts
3) James Temple AUS 18pts

Masters Standard Results - Great Grand Master Fleet

Rank	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
1st	209260	Mark Bethwaite	AUS	(1.0)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	5.0
2nd	195708	Doug Peckover	USA	(4.0)	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	14.0	10.0
3rd	202729	James Temple	AUS	2.0	(6.0)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	24.0	18.0
4th	166047	John Dawson-Edwards	CAN	5.0	3.0	(8.0)	6.0	6.0	3.0	31.0	23.0
5th	210180	Alberto Larrea	ARG	(11.0)	5.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	35.0	24.0
6th	202817	John Roberson	AUS	(7.0)	4.0	7.0	7.0	3.0	5.0	33.0	26.0
7th	201747	Poopy Marcon	FRA	3.0	(7.0)	5.0	5.0	7.0	6.0	33.0	26.0
8th	194567	Timothy Millhiser	USA	8.0	(11.0)	6.0	10.0	8.0	9.0	52.0	41.0
9th	132332	John Black	AUS	(12.0)	12.0	9.0	8.0	11.0	7.0	59.0	47.0
10th	208074	David Elliott	CAN	10.0	10.0	(11.0)	9.0	9.0	10.0	59.0	48.0
11th	203318	Fernando Rabago	MEX	9.0	(14.0 RET)	10.0	11.0	10.0	11.0	65.0	51.0
12th	206041	Stephen Wawn	AUS	6.0	8.0	(14.0 DNC)	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	70.0	56.0
13th	209410	Chris Fyans	GBR	13.0	9.0	(14.0 DNC)	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	78.0	64.0

Masters Standard Results - Grand Master Fleet

Rank	Sail No	Nmae	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
1st	206384	Gavin Dagley	AUS	2.0	2.0	1.0	(12.0)	1.0	2.0	20.0	8.0
2nd	199262	Cristian Herman	CHI	4.0	(19.0)	3.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	38.0	19.0
3rd	208054	Allan Clark	CAN	1.0	(11.0)	8.0	1.0	7.0	4.0	32.0	21.0
4th	195867	Tim Law	GBR	17.0	4.0	(18.0)	2.0	3.0	3.0	47.0	29.0
5th	210483	Steve Gunther	AUS	7.0	3.0	(12.0)	3.0	4.0	12.0	41.0	29.0
6th	198659	Vann Wilson	USA	5.0	(28.0)	2.0	13.0	6.0	5.0	59.0	31.0
7th	169575	Mark Bear	USA	10.0	13.0	4.0	(14.0)	5.0	6.0	52.0	38.0
8th	198107	Nick Page	NZL	3.0	1.0	(25.0)	4.0	18.0	13.0	64.0	39.0
9th	171729	Andre Martinie	DOM	(12.0)	6.0	7.0	10.0	11.0	11.0	57.0	45.0
10th	210477	Luke Carter	NZL	6.0	17.0	(20.0)	8.0	9.0	7.0	67.0	47.0
11th	167136	Emilio Castelli	USA	13.0	(24.0)	9.0	5.0	12.0	10.0	73.0	49.0
12th	209268	Anthony Scali	AUS	11.0	(40.0 UFD)	5.0	16.0	8.0	14.0	94.0	54.0
13th	209021	Laurent Bernaz	FRA	9.0	(20.0)	16.0	6.0	16.0	15.0	82.0	62.0
14th	187366	Peter Drasnin	USA	14.0	16.0	(29.0)	11.0	13.0	9.0	92.0	63.0
15th	209265	Michael Hicks	GBR	(24.0)	14.0	11.0	7.0	10.0	22.0	88.0	64.0
16th	204391	Christopher Raab	USA	8.0	(22.0)	14.0	15.0	14.0	16.0	89.0	67.0
17th	191085	Lance Burger	RSA	15.0	5.0	13.0	18.0	(20.0)	18.0	89.0	69.0
18th	20359	Antonio Vertiz	MEX	(29.0)	9.0	15.0	22.0	19.0	29.0	123.0	94.0
19th	203944	James Stanley	CAN	18.0	15.0	6.0	33.0	23.0	(35.0)	130.0	95.0
20th	205869	Jan Larkens	RSA	20.0	12.0	26.0	(40.0 RET)	30.0	8.0	136.0	96.0
21st	206202	Roberto Bini	ITA	19.0	26.0	10.0	20.0	21.0	(27.0)	123.0	96.0
22nd	192097	Philip Paxton	CAN	16.0	10.0	(28.0)	28.0	24.0	24.0	130.0	102.0
23rd	191612	Ashley Deacon	AUS	25.0	18.0	(31.0)	19.0	17.0	25.0	135.0	104.0
24th	204450	Alejandro Grunwaldt	URU	28.0	7.0	21.0	23.0	27.0	(30.0)	136.0	106.0
25th	205005	David Rosenthall	AUS	(32.0)	8.0	24.0	25.0	26.0	23.0	138.0	106.0
26th	187308	Carlos Eduardo Oetling Ladron De Guevara	MEX	23.0	23.0	(34.0)	17.0	25.0	21.0	143.0	109.0
27th	197463	Giuseppe Cavalli	ITA	21.0	(33.0)	19.0	32.0	15.0	26.0	146.0	113.0
28th	201846	Luca Braga	ITA	26.0	32.0	17.0	24.0	(40.0 BFD)	17.0	156.0	116.0
29th	204443	Juan Grunwaldt	URU	(31.0)	29.0	22.0	21.0	29.0	20.0	152.0	121.0
30th	202123	Francois Meesemaecker	FRA	22.0	27.0	23.0	30.0	22.0	(31.0)	155.0	124.0
31st	191568	Michael Goldfarb	USA	(35.0)	25.0	32.0	29.0	34.0	19.0	174.0	139.0
32nd	185926	Richard Quinlan	CAN	(33.0)	21.0	33.0	26.0	31.0	32.0	176.0	143.0
33rd	202321	Marco Falcone	ITA	30.0	(35.0)	27.0	35.0	28.0	28.0	183.0	148.0
34th	190815	Grassi Davide	ITA	27.0	31.0	30.0	31.0	(40.0 BFD)	40.0 DNC	199.0	159.0
35th	199218	Gregory Simon	NZL	34.0	34.0	(38.0)	27.0	32.0	33.0	198.0	160.0
36th	196036	Paul Swan	USA	(36.0)	30.0	36.0	34.0	33.0	36.0	205.0	169.0
37th	205512	Adam Glass	USA	(37.0)	36.0	35.0	37.0	35.0	34.0	214.0	177.0
38th	153352	Eugene Towle	MEX	(39.0)	38.0	39.0	36.0	36.0	37.0	225.0	186.0
39th	100318	Rodolfo Valdes	MEX	38.0	37.0	37.0	38.0	(40.0 DNC)	40.0 DNC	230.0	190.0

Masters Standard Results - Master Fleet

Rank	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
1st	199257	Brett Beyer	AUS	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(6.0)	1.0	11.0	5.0
2nd	207143	Ernesto Rodriguez	USA	5.0	2.0	6.0	2.0	(9.0)	2.0	26.0	17.0
3rd	210488	Andrew Dellabarca	NZL	2.0	8.0	2.0	5.0	2.0	(29.0 BFD)	48.0	19.0
4th	199146	Benoit Meesemaecker	FRA	(7.0)	3.0	7.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	27.0	20.0
5th	196812	William Pullen	CAN	3.0	(12.0)	3.0	8.0	1.0	8.0	35.0	23.0
6th	209289	Peter Hurley	USA	6.0	4.0	10.0	3.0	4.0	(15.0)	42.0	27.0
7th	187994	Ari Barshi	DOM	4.0	7.0	9.0	7.0	(10.0)	9.0	46.0	36.0
8th	208838	Mike Matan	USA	(13.0)	10.0	5.0	11.0	8.0	4.0	51.0	38.0
9th	210102	Niclas Bornling	USA	16.0	(25.0)	4.0	10.0	5.0	10.0	70.0	45.0
10th	195323	Luciano Oliveira	BRA	9.0	9.0	12.0	12.0	(13.0)	7.0	62.0	49.0
11th	210501	David Whait	AUS	10.0	(16.0)	14.0	6.0	15.0	6.0	67.0	51.0
12th	208367	Stefano Carnevali	ITA	11.0	6.0	(15.0)	9.0	12.0	13.0	66.0	51.0
13th	191910	Ryan Minth	USA	12.0	14.0	8.0	(15.0)	7.0	14.0	70.0	55.0
14th	208529	Rob Woodward	NZL	(18.0)	13.0	11.0	14.0	11.0	12.0	79.0	61.0
15th	200378	Andriy Kanyuka	CAN	8.0	5.0	17.0	16.0	(18.0)	16.0	80.0	62.0
16th	197569	Chris Ellyatt	GBR	(22.0)	15.0	13.0	13.0	22.0	11.0	96.0	74.0
17th	197460	Alessandro Castelli	ITA	19.0	24.0	19.0	(29.0 RET)	14.0	5.0	110.0	81.0
18th	209082	Michael Hooper	CAN	21.0	11.0	16.0	18.0	(23.0)	23.0	112.0	89.0
19th	203193	Hector David	ARG	14.0	20.0	(22.0)	22.0	19.0	18.0	115.0	93.0
20th	208362	Manolis Trigonis	GRE	15.0	21.0	(25.0)	24.0	17.0	19.0	121.0	96.0
21st	195549	Tony Nicholson	NZL	(23.0)	19.0	21.0	19.0	16.0	21.0	119.0	96.0
22nd	196108	Jorge A. Suarez	USA	(27.0)	18.0	18.0	17.0	21.0	25.0	126.0	99.0
23rd	208842	Joseph Berkeley	USA	20.0	17.0	(24.0)	20.0	20.0	24.0	125.0	101.0
24th	208369	Massimo Ciano	ITA	(25.0)	23.0	20.0	21.0	25.0	17.0	131.0	106.0
25th	209473	Roberto Porter	USA	17.0	22.0	(26.0)	23.0	24.0	20.0	132.0	106.0
26th	208583	Simon Bell	USA	24.0	26.0	23.0	25.0	(27.0)	22.0	147.0	120.0
27th	186681	Kevin Currier	IRL	26.0	(27.0)	27.0	27.0	26.0	26.0	159.0	132.0
28th	122099	Guillermo Tapia Moreno	MEX	28.0	(29.0 DNC)	28.0	26.0	28.0	27.0	166.0	137.0

Masters Standard Results - Apprentice Fleet

Rank	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
1st	176107	Pablo Rabago	MEX	1.0	(2.0)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	5.0
2nd	159795	Guilherme Roth	BRA	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	(3.0)	2.0	12.0	9.0
3rd	194210	Alejandro Rabago	MEX	3.0	3.0	3.0	(5.0)	2.0	3.0	19.0	14.0
4th	209639	Alfonso Aguilar	MEX	(4.0)	4.0	4.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	23.0	19.0
5th	166966	Fabian Gomez-Ibarra	MEX	5.0	5.0	(6.0 UFD)	4.0	5.0	5.0	30.0	24.0